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The Arab world’s richest businessman dropped into Muammar Gaddafi’s camp in
2005, hoping to resolve a simmering row that threatened to sour a
potentially lucrative friendship.

The source of the dispute: a $120 million deal for a private jet.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire owner of the Savoy hotel in London,
recounted his relationship with Gaddafi yesterday as he gave evidence in a
High Court case stemming from the sale of a converted Airbus aircraft to the
Libyans in 2006.

Prince Alwaleed is being sued by Daad Sharab, a Jordanian businesswoman who
claims she is owed a $10 million